iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Single-Core Score 788 862 91.4%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Multi-Core Score 2497 3201 78.0%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Geekbench 5.4.5 Tryout Geekbench 5.4.5 Tryout

System Information

iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
Operating System macOS 10.15.7 (Build 19H2026) macOS 12.5 (Build 21G72)
Model iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
Processor Intel Core i5-4570S @ 2.90 GHz
1 Processor, 4 Cores
Intel Core i5-9600K @ 3.70 GHz
1 Processor, 6 Cores
Processor ID GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3 GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 12
Processor Codename
Processor Package
L1 Instruction Cache 32.0 KB x 2 32.0 KB x 3
L1 Data Cache 32.0 KB x 2 32.0 KB x 3
L2 Cache 256 KB x 2 256 KB x 3
L3 Cache 6.00 MB x 1 9.00 MB x 1
Motherboard Apple Inc. Mac-77EB7D7DAF985301 iMac14,3 Apple Inc. Mac-AA95B1DDAB278B95 iMac19,1
Northbridge
Southbridge
BIOS Apple Inc. 433.140.2.0.0 Apple Inc. 1554.140.20.0.0
Memory 8.00 GB DDR3 32.00 GB DDR4

Single-Core Performance

iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Single-Core Score 788 862 91.4%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
AES-XTS 1090 1046 104.2%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Compression 679 632 107.4%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Compression 803 989 81.2%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Navigation 707 702 100.7%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HTML5 619 859 72.1%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
SQLite 700 866 80.8%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
PDF Rendering 755 1054 71.6%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Rendering 794 914 86.9%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Clang 738 894 82.6%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Camera 770 1020 75.5%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
N-Body Physics 708 471 150.3%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Rigid Body Physics 948 1152 82.3%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Gaussian Blur 749 244 307.0%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Face Detection 813 585 139.0%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Horizon Detection 799 1002 79.7%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Inpainting 1413 1484 95.2%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HDR 1500 1955 76.7%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Ray Tracing 1006 1038 96.9%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Structure from Motion 744 917 81.1%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Speech Recognition 551 584 94.3%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Machine Learning 755 826 91.4%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 

Multi-Core Performance

iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013) iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019) Difference
Multi-Core Score 2497 3201 78.0%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
AES-XTS 2840 4032 70.4%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Compression 2280 2273 100.3%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Compression 2403 3198 75.1%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Navigation 1599 2056 77.8%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HTML5 2381 3259 73.1%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
SQLite 2713 3188 85.1%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
PDF Rendering 2320 3240 71.6%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Text Rendering 2350 3457 68.0%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Clang 2420 2844 85.1%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Camera 2543 3015 84.3%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
N-Body Physics 2612 2685 97.3%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Rigid Body Physics 3514 3662 96.0%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Gaussian Blur 2843 3687 77.1%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Face Detection 2808 3973 70.7%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Horizon Detection 2635 3628 72.6%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Image Inpainting 4093 5331 76.8%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
HDR 5051 6981 72.4%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Ray Tracing 4048 5918 68.4%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Structure from Motion 2364 3567 66.3%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Speech Recognition 1684 2004 84.0%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)
 
Machine Learning 1476 2139 69.0%
iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013)
 
iMac (27-inch Retina Early 2019)